Music Banter - How Stupid Were Metalheads Back In the Eighties

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Originally Posted by Necromancer (Post 1476525)

Legend Valley is an outdoor concert venue located in Thornville Ohio a couple miles from Buckeye Lake. Its notorious for fighting, shootings, stabbing, etc.
I actually knew a guy that stabbed another one 22 or 23 times at the concert in Legend Valley decades ago, I haven't seen him since, I think he's been in prison all this time for murder.
I didn't really know him very well anyway, just knew him from school.

It's amazing sometimes when you realize how dangerous it was at concerts back in the day. Especially when considering all the different drugs and alcohol involved.

I saw Motorhead at Fenders Ballroom and saw a guy shatter both of his legs diving off a wall of speakers down onto the cement.I saw the same stunt at RKL literally a month after that happened. Not only was it dangerous due to weapons, the crazed mentality of the fan bases was so rabid that people were injuring themselves. Shows sure have changed a lot.

6'6" 240pd dudes wearing their sleeveless colors pumped up on meth, cocaine, and Judas Priest.
Ready to knock someone out right where they stand.

I'm glad I was always smart enough to stay clear out of the way of those kind of people that's why I'm still alive today.

That's really even crazier those guys your talking about Fred. Oh... those guys shattering their legs and bodies like that. That must've been a sight to see... goddammit man.

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Originally Posted by Necromancer (Post 1476538)

I think as a kid at those shows it was more just me being afraid of those people rather then them looking for trouble. Intimidation goes a long way sometimes. It was horrendous man watching people break bones. I think in total I saw double digits in broken bones at shows. Wrists, ankles, legs and noses were highly prevalent. The funny thing is most of the people with broken bones would still rock out and had a smile on their face. Man I miss the 80's. So yeah badasses/bikers/hessians>>>>>> Nerds at metal shows.

i just need to not come here when drinking

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR. (Post 1476516)

It was the same for Metallica shows back then. Before the scene took off it was pretty hectic to hit metal shows. Thats why most people got high at the shows because they were worried they were gonna ****ing die that night. I mean that sincerely too, it was no joke. The most brutal show i've ever been to was Suicidal, but Metal shows were no joke and there were very few nerds to be found. Being a kid though the intimidation factor was a little high when a guy 6'6 320 comes rolling by with a haymaker.

So true. I think many normal kids who had good families in the 80s discovered true fear of physical abuse at metal shows. Punk shows were also violent but usually not as evil.

So what, did the Beavis and Butthead types show up when thrash got popular off Headbanger's Ball around the late eighties or something? And what were your people? You guys obviously weren't the scary bikers.

From what I hear in this thread, I wouldn't have wanted to be a metal and punk fan in the 80's, at least when it comes to visiting concerts.

Not going to lie, I love Def Leppard.

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Originally Posted by Necromancer (Post 1476502)

The only idiot metal heads I was aware of back in the eighty's were Beavis and Butthead.

You were aware of a 90s TV show before it existed? That's pretty impressive!